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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:37:44 +0200

What is a no-fee journal?



Spontaneously, I would have answered: an OA journal which does not charge
publication fees. Further consideration might be needed, however, as DOAJ
and QOAM come to different conclusions with respect to a number of
journals. For example, the Elsevier journals 1873-2445 and 1873-1562 or the
Springer journals 1029-8479 and 1434-6052 do not charge authors because
libraries have paid the bill as members of the SCOAP3 project. But does
that make these journals ‘no-fee’ as DOAJ seems to conclude, or are they
just ‘discounted journals’ as QOAM claims? The outcome may have relevance
to the wider Plan S debate as well.



I would appreciate if the community could shed some light on this.



Leo Waaijers